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Finance minister Nicola Willis.
The finance minister is set to reveal proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, by telling ministries and departments to come up with plans for amalgamation.
RNZ understands Nicola Willis will set out three proposals on Tuesday afternoon to create efficiencies in the public service, including amalgamating government agencies, more work on digitisation and using AI, and setting a target to reduce the public service headcount to 1 percent of the total population by 2029.
Willis will reveal further details in a pre-Budget speech to Business North Harbour.
